Valles Calchaquíes - Valle Calchaquí

Valles Calchaquíes - Valle Calchaquí is a IG in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (regional, interprovincial)

Area

2,569,022 ha registered outline

Centre

25.3654° S, 66.1943° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town

88 km south-west of San José de los Cerrillos

Nearest city

100 km south-west of Salta 520,683 people

To the sea

426 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

1,197–6,233 m

Mean elevation

3,198 m

Measured over the whole outline on 86,029 elevation cells of about 552 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))